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By Lauren del Valle, CNN A terrorist convicted of committing a 2017 attack for ISIS that killed eight on a New York City bike path will serve life in prison after a jury said Monday it could not reach a unanimous decision on the death penalty. Sayfullo Saipov effectively learned his sentence when the jury

By Chris Boyette and Eric Levenson, CNN A 3-year-old girl fatally wounded her 4-year-old sister in an unintentional shooting in Texas, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. “This basically involves a 3-year-old and a 4-year-old,” Gonzalez said. “The 3-year-old is the alleged shooter. It appears to be unintentional.” Calling the incident “tragic” but “very preventable,”

By Rebekah Riess, CNN The placing of an antisemitic drawing in a dormitory at Stanford University is being investigated by campus police as a hate crime, officials said. The drawing, which included “multiple swastikas and an image modified to resemble Adolf Hitler,” was discovered on a whiteboard attached to a Jewish student’s dorm room door

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Wouldn’t it be convenient if doctors could just print a kidney for transplants, instead of having to find a donor match? Well, thanks to these regenerative medicine technologies, some scientists say they’ll be able to 3D-print bioartificial organs in the coming decades. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Mary Saladino spends most of her days holding her son in her arms while he violently seizes, whispering to him as she frantically tries to save his life. Nearly every day she witnesses her baby waver on the brink of death, not breathing and often paralyzed. Her 3-year-old son, Henry, suffers

By Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Californians pummeled by an onslaught of dangerous storms will get deluged again as another atmospheric river threatens more deadly flooding. More than 30 million people in California were under flood watches Monday that cover much of the state, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno and Sacramento. The brunt

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Michelle Watson, CNN The US Coast Guard in San Diego has ended its search for missing migrants after two smuggling boats were found capsized along the California shoreline over the weekend, leaving eight people dead in what officials called “one of the worst maritime smuggling tragedies” the city has seen amid

By Rosa Flores and Joe Sutton, CNN A large group of people in Mexico approached a US border entry point in El Paso, Texas, Sunday in an attempt at mass entry into the country, causing disruptions along the border and authorities to erect barricades, US Customs and Border Protection said. The group made a formation

By Raja Razek, CNN A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a Black family, according to a news release from the US Justice Department. Axel Cox, 24, was sentenced to 42 months in connection to the cross burning, which happened

By Celina Tebor and Holly Yan, CNN A 6-month-old baby who survived an alleged kidnapping alongside his twin brother died one month later in a “sudden unexplained infant death,” an Ohio coroner’s office said Friday. An autopsy following Ky’air Thomas’ January 28 death revealed “the infant was placed face down (prone) on an adult bed

By Emma Tucker, CNN At least eight people have died after two smuggling boats capsized near the shore of Black’s Beach in San Diego County, California, officials said. Authorities responded Saturday around 11:30 p.m. local time after someone on one of the panga boats, a type of small fishing boat powered by an outboard motor,

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN Where does the time go? No, seriously … where? While many of you were sleeping, the Time Fairy paid a visit and snatched an hour away. If you’ve ever wondered how the whole “spring forward” and “fall back” situation came about, here’s your answer. And here’s what else

By Janelle Davis, CNN An unexpected rainstorm. A traffic jam on your morning commute. Realizing you forget to put on deodorant. There are many things that can turn your day from good to bad. But there is one thing you’re probably not thinking about. Being called “ma’am.” I was completely unaware of how much women

By Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Another round of storms is headed to flood-ravaged California, where residents are still grappling with impassable roads, overflowing rivers, inundated neighborhoods and a levee breach that forced hundreds to evacuate. By Sunday afternoon, parts of California’s famed Highway 1 already looked like ponds — prompting authorities to shut

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A radiographic camera containing radioactive material has gone missing in Houston, Texas, officials said Saturday. The 53-pound camera — which is commonly used in the construction industry — went missing on March 9 and was last seen on Little York Road in Houston, the Texas Department of State Health Services said